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Key Science Projects
The Key Science programs of the PS1 Science Consortium are organized as follows
1. Populations of Objects in the Inner Solar System
Leaders: Robert Jedicke (IfA) and Richard Wainscoat (IfA)
2. Populations of objects in the Outer Solar Sytem
Leader: Matthew Holman (CfA)
3. Low-Mass Stars, Brown Dwarfs, and Young Stellar Objects
Leaders: Wolfgang Brandner (MPIA) and Eugene Magnier (IfA)
4. Search for Exoplanets by Dedicated Stellar Transit Surveys
Leaders: Cristina Afonso (MPIA) and Thomas Henning (MPIA)
5. Structure of the Milky Way and the Local Group
Leaders: Eric Bell (MPG) and Hans-Walter Rix (MPG)
6. A Dedicated Deep Survey of M31
Leaders: Ralf Bender (MPE) and Stella Seitz (MPE)
7. Massive Stars and Supernova Progenitors
Leaders: Stephen Smartt (QUB) and Rolf-Peter Kudritzki (IfA)
8. Cosmology Investigations with Variables and Explosive Transients
Leaders: John Tonry (IfA), Chris Stubbs (Harvard), and Adam Riess (JHU)
9. Galaxy Properties
Leader: TIm Heckman (JHU)
10. Active Galactic Nuclei and High-Redshift Quasars
Leaders: Ken Chambers (IfA) and Fabian Walter (MPG)
11. Cosmological Lensing
Leaders: Nick Kaiser (IfA), Alan Heavens (Edinburgh), and Andy Taylor (Edinburgh)
12. Large-Scale Structure
Leaders: Shaun Cole (UK), Stephi Phelps (MPG), and Ralf Bender (MPG)